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Thesis (Department Honors) - Franklin & Marshall College, 2006. / Double click the URL for full text acess. Includes bibliography p. 40-45.

This paper will set out to explore the possibility of implementing Spanish-Language Judicial Proceedings in Hidalgo County, Texas. This February, the American Bar Association adopted new Standards for Language Access in State Courts, which assert the need for state courts to improve access to the judicial system for limited-English proficient (LEP) persons through the use of interpreters. This study investigates the possibility of conducting a proceeding in a language other than English, as an alternative to interpreters. The proposal will support the normative value of offering Spanish-language judicial proceedings in Hidalgo County, Texas, using frameworks endorsed by legal scholars Denise Gilman and Christina Rodriguez. The paper will first evaluate the current state of language access in Hidalgo County and develop a picture of the legal regime surrounding language access in Hidalgo County’s courts. From there, it will look at alternative approaches to language access in other legal regimes. Finally, it will formulate a proposal for the design and implementation of Spanish-language proceedings in Hidalgo County. Two distinct research components contribute to this study: the first involved a comprehensive review and content analysis of state and federal law that is applicable to the state courts in Hidalgo County, and which are relevant to the language access services the courts offer; the second involved original primary research, and was intended to reveal both what language access in Hidalgo County does look like, and what it could look like. The latter used qualitative interviews with lawyers, judges, and court interpreters in Hidalgo County. One of the project’s goals is to illuminate potential areas of improvement to the current language access practices in Hidalgo County, as well as the laws shaping these practices. Maybe along the way the study will offer new perspectives on meaningful access to justice, the possibility of finding novel solutions to social problems in local contexts, and institutional responses to increasing multiculturalism in the United States. / text

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Human Rights instruments have not been applied equally to all people. This is evidenced by the development of additional treaties such as the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. There is also no universal set of rights for animals suggesting we think differently about the rights of living creatures. This thesis drew upon three philosophical frameworks of rights – morality, moral sentiment and equality – to explore the dimensions that university students use to consider the rights of children, people with disabilities and animals. It examined whether people define rights of these populations differently, and what theoretical dimensions underlie those definitions. The Concepts of Rights Questionnaire was administered and significant differences were found in participants’ support for physical punishment and euthanasia depending on the target population as well as their underlying theoretical belief. The results affirm that participants do not apply a universal set of rights standards to the three populations.

Human Rights instruments have not been applied equally to all people. This is evidenced by the development of additional treaties such as the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. There is also no universal set of rights for animals suggesting we think differently about the rights of living creatures. This thesis drew upon three philosophical frameworks of rights – morality, moral sentiment and equality – to explore the dimensions that university students use to consider the rights of children, people with disabilities and animals. It examined whether people define rights of these populations differently, and what theoretical dimensions underlie those definitions. The Concepts of Rights Questionnaire was administered and significant differences were found in participants’ support for physical punishment and euthanasia depending on the target population as well as their underlying theoretical belief. The results affirm that participants do not apply a universal set of rights standards to the three populations.

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Columbia University, Thesis (doctoral) / Includes bibliographical references. - RLIN, CTRG97-B1668. - Reproduction of original from Harvard Law School Library

Thesis (LL. M.)--University of Toronto, 2004. / Adviser: Hamish Stewart.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Art History Dept., 2006. / Includes bibliographical references.